Half Of Hinds Nursing Students Won’t Graduate - News Story - WAPT Jackson
Half Of Hinds Nursing Students Won’t Graduate - News Story - WAPT Jackson
This was astounding to me. The article doesn’t really say WHY these students are failing at this rate. Either the school is doing a terrible job educating the students (almost certainly true) or they are admitting students who lack the aptitude to be successful nurses. Either way, I’d take this as a red flag to avoid Hinds Nursing School. In fact, I’m removing them from the map.
April 26th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Hinds nursing school has been a leader in our area. However, over time the faculty has become a rigid group who will not act on valid student concerns. Since the IHL does not dictate internal policies and procedures, each nursing school sets their own. The testing policies at Hinds are faculty-written, internally evaluated by seasoned teachers, and can not be challenged by students. Students are told to bring their concerns to staff and follow the chain of command, but there is no visible action taken or results noted. I agree students can improve but in this case faculty needs to change also.
April 28th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Honey I understand completely. Hinds NAHC started with over 80 students this last semester and many dropped out before this last test because there grades were so bad they decided to give it up. The problem with Hinds nursing program has been going on for years. Only difference between then and now is that some students had the guts to voice their concerns and contact someone who would listen. They decide to look at the tests and make some changes after the news vans show up. Coincidence? I highly doubt it. Now the students are being warned to not speak out against the school and they are pulling down studying material from their website that students have used for years. They are doing it saying that they think it will improve scores but in reality it’s a punishment to those who have spoke out and a warning to those who would speak out in the future. Someone who has the authority to stop this madness look past their pitiful excuses and investigate this school. We are losing a lot of good nurses to their ridiculous standards, poor testing and academic abuse. This school is an educational bully and we need an advocate to take up our cause and make things happen. Time is up for excuses, now is the time to act and only you can make the difference.
April 30th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Students for Integrity
Hinds Community College - ADN Nursing Program
Fact
August 2005: 99 students begin 1st semester
January 2007: 40 of those 99 students begin 4th semester. 84 students total.
April 2007: 10 of the original 99 start the transition unit. 34 students total.
Testing policy and procedure, clinical hours, and graduation requirements are set by each individual nursing school.
School statistics of pass rate do not include the students who have withdrawn from the semester due to failing grades.
Timeline!! Students follow chain of command
4 Semester concerns brought before the administration include failing test averages, ambiguous test questions, lack of faculty professionalism in clinical and lecture, and ineffectiveness of faculty to address student concerns.
. 2/23/07 Unit test #2: Hinds CC Sophomore Coordinator Pam Reeves contacted. . 3/8/07 Unit test #3: Hinds CC Assistant Dean for Nursing Debra Spring contacted
. 3/26/07: Hinds CC Vice President Dr. Daniel Hogan contacted. . 4/10/07 Unit test #4
. 4/11/07: Hinds CC President Dr. Vernon Clyde Muse unavailable. Referred to Hinds CC Vice President of Community Relations Colleen Hartfield. Hartfield informed. She stated that she would communicate with Muse.
. 4/12/07: Students met with Spring for over 2 hours.
. 4/13/07: Student met with Muse. Muse states he is informed of situation and is working on the problem
. 4/16/07: Students met with Mississippi IHL’s Director of Nursing Education Dr. Mary Ann Fortenberry Ware. States policy is determined by each individual nursing school.
. 4/17/07: Students met with Hinds CC Dean of Nursing and Allied Health Dr. Elizabeth Mahaffey for over 2 hours. She expressed that she was working on changes and that the current policy of the semester can not be changed.
Our Goals
1. Higher number of qualified graduates through a more effective mentoring relationship between faculty and students.
2. Improve the effectiveness of faculty responses to student concerns.
3. Improve the testing process at Hinds CC including changing faculty evaluation of test questions to external evaluation.
4. Reinstate lecture notes and handouts online via Blackboard.
5. Allow all students in 4th semester to continue through all units and take faculty final and HESI exam
April 30th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
I think this needs to be known.
May 6th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
At Hinds, we have students who have FAILED the faculty written exams but pass the HESI on the first try with over 900+ scores. What do you tell the administration now? How do you tell ’seasoned’ administrators that their tests are too in-depth (nurse practitioner level)?
May 6th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
per: http://www.nlnac.org/About%20NLNAC/pass_rates.htm
I don’t understand all of the above rates, but it looks like the average pass rate for NLNAC acredited schools is 94% and lesser acreditations if 80%. It seems that Hinds is doing a particularly bad job.